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A wild theme helped our son settle in

Having moved in seven years ago, Lisa Weaver, 40, an interior designer, and her husband, James, had already spent a lot of time extending and decorating their four-bedroom, end-of-terrace home in St Albans, Hertfordshire, before they had their son Arlo, aged four. However, with the arrival of their second son, Charlie, now 18 months, they realised they needed to refresh the bedrooms again so Arlo could move out of his original room into a larger space.

‘Our main bedroom was on the top floor and the other bedroom was used as a home office, so Arlo was originally in

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